~Synopsis~
After high school I left my family and the world I grew up
in, vowing never to return to such a screwed up place…but I also left behind
him…
Jackson Cole—he was my childhood crush, the most popular guy in school, and the heir to a billion dollar estate. He also happens to be a devilishly handsome movie star, a cocky, chauvinist prick…and my identical twin sister’s fiancé.
When I get the devastating call that my sister Avery has died suddenly from a drug overdose, I have to go back home and face the people who’ve caused me so much pain—my parents, neighbors, family friends…Jackson.
When I see him again it’s like no time has passed. It’s sickening to think that after all these years, after all that’s happened, he still has so much power over me. I try to deny my feelings, to tell myself that I hate him…after all, what kind of monster crushes on her sister’s fiancé?
Then he lays a bombshell on me: He and Avery were in the middle of filming a new movie, his magnum opus, and he wants me to pick up where she left off.
The role comes with a million-dollar salary. I’ll play his co-lead, his romantic love interest…sex scenes and all.
ButJackson leaves out one little
detail…
…Filming starts this week.
Jackson Cole—he was my childhood crush, the most popular guy in school, and the heir to a billion dollar estate. He also happens to be a devilishly handsome movie star, a cocky, chauvinist prick…and my identical twin sister’s fiancé.
When I get the devastating call that my sister Avery has died suddenly from a drug overdose, I have to go back home and face the people who’ve caused me so much pain—my parents, neighbors, family friends…Jackson.
When I see him again it’s like no time has passed. It’s sickening to think that after all these years, after all that’s happened, he still has so much power over me. I try to deny my feelings, to tell myself that I hate him…after all, what kind of monster crushes on her sister’s fiancé?
Then he lays a bombshell on me: He and Avery were in the middle of filming a new movie, his magnum opus, and he wants me to pick up where she left off.
The role comes with a million-dollar salary. I’ll play his co-lead, his romantic love interest…sex scenes and all.
But
…Filming starts this week.
~Book Review~
4.25 Stars
Callie Benson has known now movie star Jackson Cole most of
her life, long before he became a celebrity. They share a common background and
a common interest in her twin sister, Avery. Estranged for several years, Callie and Jack
are reunited under the circumstances of Avery’s tragic death.
The premise was original, and I liked both Callie and Jack
as characters. Callie is independent, down-to-earth, and able to stand on her
own two feet. It was nice to see a heroine presented with brains and integrity.
She also didn’t weep or fall apart when the going got tough. Told from Callie’s
point of view, readers get a little better feel for her character over Jack’s,
but he’s still presented as a likeable romantic hero, and it was refreshing
that Jack, thought hinted at being a ladies man, didn’t fall into the stereotypical celebrity man-whore role.
For the first two-thirds of the book, the background of the
characters is divulged while their current relationship builds. There is no
insta-love or insta-lust with Callie and Jack; these two have a history. Then
as the book nears its climax, the drama really explodes. It’s not angsty or
overdone though, which is always a plus, but it’s full of excitement that ends
on a high note.
The “forbidden” aspect of their relationship is really more
a perception than reality. To me, their feelings for each other never felt
taboo. But the “forbidden” part does serve up a page-turning quality as part of
the climax that I enjoyed reading as it unfolded.
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